Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-08-15

Il CS1llEE so Z W2> >E2rELL-> us
tlinz place. and sent Iss men and
bows To the Continental armies and
It's elders 10 the Provinei4I lezlslstare
Tow II sleeps quietly amid the forest
+ coverei hills. 0Ut Of sight Or sound
of railroad train o. human progress.
Ike the Enchanted Princess OF fairy
tale waiting for Prince >ummer-Ho-
teL-heeper. 10 wander through the
( groves Of pine and birch And hemlOeS,
+ thag cover iGs once cultivated fields.
snd wondering at the beauty Of Us
overgrOwn, mosSy apProaehes. cause
the kiss Of fashion 10 waken It 70
F life
+ Within the village. and on the
farms about there live few people,
+ not more. aI told. than TWO hundred
and most Of these are old and gray.
Age hzs brought No loveIiness 10
these old folk; perhaps the bleakneSs
Of their lives has hindered the softer
F qu4Ii1ies of heart and mind from tax
ing root and bearing flowers But f
sge = the winter o. humanity It !
zpG TO be the summer OF nature. and
the great naples that shade the road
On either sIde-syI-yar- NAPLES. with
trunks SCARED with the punctures OF
many generations Of sap gstherers-
have grown larger with the passage
OF years the old houses have gather
ed more moss upon their walls and
roofs, and the barn ridgepoles have
sunk into more graceful curves
Yet II spite OF the serene calm
ness Of the dull village the human
heart l. perh4ps.no ztlIIer there than
IN the crowded town: and youths
and mzidens must t4u IN love and
mary. there IS elsewhere: and chill
. dren must De boEn and grow up and
+ 90 sway and, though the birds
whistle sweetIy ii the trees they
must die. and the Wild roses bv the
wzysiGle must be eaten IN the heart
By worms, even ~ they are when
they spring up bv the roadside neE
The busiest mArts OF trade Tor lie
IN country and town. may vary II de-
gree but th4t l. au-
II tHe most r4n-sH4ckL5' tumble
down house II tne Fl-LAse' HFed
short T=t, srnootn-Iaced man, with s
lo-Iy IWLn2-e II Ms eye complete
contrast WITH lLs @n9ul2F' sa--oF-Fls-
aged netEnoors-I0n BaoeocA oy
H4ne- and : carpenter oy trade He
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WONDER 20 III bLle Nof-d Lof' sLz'4Sl
Ion called himself the village car
Penter- and there vas : ToFlorn--o'2Al-
lng shop & one SIDE o. tne house. EeE
hls memory dia not 20 oaaeA % lne
TINE ~nen : ne~ mouse h-sd O7Tn
. 5ULLt Ii tlIe village and Only 81 very
rare intervals were repairs 20 oe
nade 10 tne red 0rlc2 baptist meet
IHg-house- 10 the country store OF 70
the f4ELn-oIILCIngs round about An
odd I0o here and there the me1dLng
o. wagon Or slelgh. lending = hand
In having time. were just enough To
put clothes On his hack and liquor
into his stomach In short Tom was
the idle, drunken ioafer Of the VII
l2ge. the bUtt Of All the practical Jo2-
ers Of the neighborb0od, and the jolly
companion and crOny q the groups
that nightly gathered n winter
around the cast-iron stove in the
store.
Very little news from the outside
world came hTtheF 10 disturb the qul-
e Of the village; there NAs lot even
: Post-ozHee nearer than I've miles
the Inhabitants lived II The past the
rOuauoes q the story-telLers were 10
Gated II Revolutionary tEn1es. OF early
n the present century, and generally